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Welcome to another edition of Writers Quote Wednesday sponsored by Colleen Chesebro of ‘Silver Threading‘ and Ronovan Hester of ‘Ronovan Writes‘. Anyone can participate by choosing a quote by a favorite writer then you may add artwork, photography, a short piece of flash fiction or poetry to share with us all. You can add anything you like to highlight your quote. Have fun with it!

We have a great theme this week: INNOCENCE chosen by Colleen.

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Innocence actually means a state that is unblemished by guilt, malice or any other wicked intentions. So shouldn’t we try to hang on to some of our innocence? Innocence should never be misconstrued as ignorance. As adults we should seek knowledge and experience, but there’s a part of us that can always remain innocent.

Illustration by Sybil Erdnuss-Baum (DeviantArt)

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“A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.”

~Martin Farquhar Tupper

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“An honest man is always a child.”

~Socrates

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“When we take revenge against another, we lose some of our innocence.”

~Patrice Redd Vecchione

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“No security of mind is so salutary as that of innocence: guilt, however confident, has inexorable fears.”

“… Innocence should never be misconstrued as ignorance…” I really love this sentence, Vashti. Innocence can still hold the truth that love will conquer guilt. Your quotes were really special this week. Full of a special innocence that you shared with us all! ❤

Innocence isn’t a lack of knowledge, but a lack of corruption. Even when we experience the bad things in the world our outlook can remain pure. I’m happy you enjoyed the post. Thank you my friend. ❤ xx

‘There are moments when I take a photograph, I see with the eyes of a child and am joyous.’ That’s beautiful, Olga. I believe that when it comes to the arts our innocence sometimes shines through. I’m happy you loved the post. ❤ xx

Great quotes! Sometimes, when I have to break down the real world to my kids I feel like I’m stripping a piece of their innocence. A few weeks ago I had to share a scary but true story with my youngest to let him know about bad people, it killed me a little. It killed me because his bewilderment as to why people or a person could be so nasty, it didn’t exist in his world, and now it does.